Music of the 20th Century
This artist was Sweden's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. They also have hits such as "gimme! gimme! gimme!" and "Dancing Queen"
Who is ABBA?
In the 2008 Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton was criticized by her opponent Barack Obama for voting to authorize war in this country after then President George Bush claimed they possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction.
What is Iraq?
The tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species. These animal huddle together in tight circles to protect against the cold in Antarctica?
What are Aptenodytes forsteri?
This song by Puerto Rican artists Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee means slowly in English.
What is Despacito?
The "Fresh Prince of Bel Air", he know may be more famous for Slapping Chris Rock at the Oscar
Who is Will Smith?
The rhythm guitarists for this band said "We're more popular than Jesus right now" causing album burning in the US, but little controversy when originally reported in the United Kingdom.
Who are the Beatles? (John Lennon)
In this war taking place in the 19th century, a successful British amphibious attack resulted in the burning of Washington. It was the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power had captured and occupied a United States capital.
What is the War of 1812?
Together with the four species of echidna, this is one of the five species of mammals that lay eggs that are still in existence
What is the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)?
With songs such as ""Dynamite" and "Butter" this South Korean boy band is the fastest act to earn four US number-one singles since Justin Timberlake in 2006.
What is BTS?
This actor who played Neo told EW that the character of Switch was going to be a different gender inside and outside of the Matrix
Who is Keanu Reeves?
The lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Hole, this artist is sometimes considered responsible for Kurt Cobain's death
Who is Courtney Love?
This battle which remains the bloodiest day in American history, with a tally of 22,727 dead, wounded, or missing on both sides was a major turning point in the Union's favor and gave Lincoln the political confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
What is the Battle of Antietam? (the Battle of Sharpsburg)
The overall fastest member of the animal kingdom, this bird reaches top speed during its characteristic hunting stoop
What is the Peregrine falcon?
This artists diss track collaboration with Argentine producer Bizarrap taking aim at her ex-partner, footballer Gerard Piqué won Song of the Year and Best Pop Song at the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
Who is Shakira?
In the Romantic Comedy, "When Harry Met Sally" the character of Marie is set up with Harry. Marie is played by this actor who also played a pivotal role in Star Wars
Who is Carrie Fisher?
In a 2003 lawsuit, this artist claimed that a website illustrating coastal erosion invaded her privacy because one of its over 12,000 images showed her house; The suit was dismissed and the resultant publicity prompted hundreds of thousands of people to download the photo, which had been accessed only four times prior to the legal action.
Who is Barbra Streisand?
This event in April 1961 pushed Cuba closer to the Soviet Union, setting the stage for the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. It is also mentioned by name in a Billie Joel song.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
This snake is the largest, heaviest, and second longest snake in the world, after the reticulated python
What is the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), also known as the giant anaconda, emerald anaconda, common anaconda, common water boa, or southern green anaconda?
On December 21, 2012, the music video for this song became the first YouTube video to reach a billion views
What is Gangnam Style?
This actor landed his breakthrough role as baseball player Jackie Robinson in the movie 42
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
In 1957 this artist said that “Rock and roll smells phony and false. "It is sung and written for the most part by cretinous goons… it manages to be the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth…[It] is the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.”
Codenamed Operation Neptune, this military operation laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.
What is D-Day (Normandy landings)?
Female swallowtail butterflies do something a lot of butterflies do to survive: they have similar wing patterns, shapes and colors to other species of butterflies that are toxic to predators. This is an example of this term from evolutionary biology
What is mimicry?
His song Bailando, topped the charts in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, and the Latin based charts in the United States
Who is Enrique Iglesias?
This actor was paid $5 million for 10 days of shooting, earning $500,000 a day during the movie a Few Good Men.
Who is Jack Nicholson?